For 11 years, Pedro Zapeta, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala, lived his version of the American dream in Stuart, Florida: washing dishes and living frugally to bring money back to his home country.
Tourism industry leaders will propose a $10 fee for visitors from England, France, Germany and 24 other "visa waiver countries" -- money that would be spent to promote travel to the United States and to pay for ways to ease border inspection bottlenecks, it was announced Friday.
Dear Annie: My husband and I own three bakeries specializing in decorated cookies and custom-made gingerbread houses, and we do a huge business during the holiday season. Last year we managed to squeak by with just our usual staff working overtime, but this year I think we really need to hire some extra employees to handle the rush. The thing is, I would feel more comfortable if we had background checks run on the temporary hires, as we do on applicants for regular permanent jobs, but my husband says it's an unnecessary expense, since any seasonal employees will be closely supervised by our regular staff (including us). What is your opinion? -Seeking Santa's Helpers
Gary McLaughlin, an electrical contractor in San Francisco, recently got a call from a real estate agent who needed a house rewired before its new owners moved in. He checked out the house and faxe...
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What's in a name? Quite a lot if you're the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the largest agency of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
If the INS seems spotty in its enforcement, and its regulations confusing, well, that's because they have been. During the boom years the agency turned a blind eye as employers struggled to fill jo...
DEAR ANNIE: Like lots of other people, I've always fantasized about owning my own business. My question is, What about all those offers one gets over the Internet, where supposedly all you have to ...
Last winter, while Zoe Baird and Kimba Wood twisted slowly in the wind, worried householders across America began ringing up lawyers, accountants and government officials about their domestic emplo...
A fortnight ago, some wisenheimer observed in this space that the U.S. lawyer population was growing at a 3.64% annual rate, which, if sustained, would result in the country's having more lawyers t...
OLD BUT STILL hotly controversial, the idea of letting private industry do more of government's work has caught fire in the 1980s. Pressed by tax revolts and spending limits, federal and local offi...
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